![]() ![]() “I would certainly put an emphasis on what Wampanoag people use as the stories. So as an author, I am always focused on: How do we choose connection, in addition to facts and visibility, to help our kids become informed community members? Especially when we have books for young people that do share the reality with them, and children are able to take that in and understand that.” There are several Wampanoag nations within what is now the state of Massachusetts and by perpetuating that myth, we just reinforce the erasure and invisibility of not just the Wampanoag nations, but Native nations in general. Often through the schools, sometimes through popular culture, cartoons, etc … And that myth is that, in essence, the Wampanoag people were there providing food, and there's this wonderful celebratory meal between them and the Pilgrims, and then they exit stage left - when the Wampanoag people are very much still here. “What is less positive is that a myth created in the 1800s during the time of the Civil War with wanting to unite the country - which is in battle - is still being shared with young children today. And I think that comes through in many people's thoughts around the holiday. ![]() “Certainly people are thinking about abundance, sharing meals with family, celebrating time together and being grateful for those things. On what Americans get generally right and wrong She wrote the children's book " We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga” and is a citizen of the Cherokee nation.īeing a children’s book author - and a Native American woman - who writes about gratitude, this is a busy time of year for her going out to schools to talk with groups of children Interview Highlights Traci Sorell thinks now is as good a time as any to reframe how we talk with young children about Thanksgiving. (Courtesy)Įditor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Nov. The school is a Cherokee language immersion school for K-6th grade students. Facebook Email Traci Sorell with a class of third graders at the Cherokee Nation Immersion School on the tribe's reservation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. ![]()
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